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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Tra-lā'tion, n. p. 1401A change in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a less proper but more significant sense. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Trā'la-ti'tion, n. p. 1401A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor.Trăl'a-tī'tioŭs, a. p. 1401Metaphorical; figurative; not literal.Trăl/a-tī'tiŏus-ly, adv. p. 1401In a tralatitious manner; metaphorically; figuratively; not in a literal sense. Holder.Tra-līn'e-āte, v. t. p. 1401To deviate from any direction. [Obs.] Dryden.Tra-lū'cen-cy, n. p. 1401Translucency; clearness. [Obs.]Tra-lū'çent, a. p. 1401Transparent; clear; translucent. [Obs.] Davies.Trăm, n. p. 1401A coal wagon used in some parts of England, especially at Newcastle. 2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey. 3. One of the rails or tracks of a tram-road.Trăm, n. p. 1401A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft or cross threads of the best quality of velvets and silk goods. Simmonds.Trăm'ble, v. t. p. 1401To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose. Smart.Trăm'mel, n. p. 1401[Fr. tramail, Norm. Fr. tremail, It. tramaglio, L. Lat. tramallum, tramela, tremaculum, a kind of net for taking fish, from Lat. tres, three, and macula, Fr. maille, spot; Ger. trammelnetz. 1. A kind…Trăm'mel, v. t. p. 1401To catch; to intercept. [Rare.] Shak. 2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle.Trūm'meled, a. p. 1401(Man.) Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of one side, as if marked, by trammels; — said of a horse.Trăm'mel-er, n. p. 1401One who, or that which, trammels or restrains. 2. One who uses a trammel-net. Nares.Trăm'mel-ēts, n. p. 1401A snare. [Obs.]Trăm'ming, n. p. 1401(Silk Manuf.) The act or process of forming trams. See TRAM.Tra-mŏn′tane or Trăm′on-tāne, a. p. 1401Lying or being beyond the mountain; foreign; barbarous. ☞ The Italians sometimes use this epithet for ultramontane, and apply it to the countries north of the Alps, as France and Germany, and…Tra-mōn′tāne or Trăm′on-tāne, n. p. 1401One living beyond the mountain; a stranger.Trămp, v. t. p. 1401To tread forcibly and repeatedly; to trample. 2. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water. Simmonds.Trămp, v. i. p. 1401To travel; to wander or stroll.Trămp, n. p. 1401A foot-journey; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp. 2. A foot traveler; a tramper. Halliwell. 3. An instrument used or designed for trimming hedges. Simmonds. 4. A plate of iron worn by ditchers, in…Trămp'er, n. p. 1401One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond.Trăm'-plāte, n. p. 1401A flat piece of iron laid down as a rail. Simmonds.Trăm'ple, v. t. p. 1401To tread under foot; especially, to tread upon with pride, contempt, triumph, or scorn. Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matt. vii. 6. 2. To tread…Trăm'ple, v. i. p. 14021°. To tread in contempt; — with on or upon. Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of the Tongue. 2. To tread with force and rapidity.Trăm'ple, n. p. 1402The act of treading under foot with contempt. [Rare.] Milton.Trăm'pler, n. p. 1402One who tramples; one who treads down.Tram-poōse’, v. i. p. 1402To walk with labor, or heavily; to tramp. [Low.] [U. S.] Bartlett.Trăm'-rōad, n. p. 1402A road prepared for easy transit of trains or wagons, by forming the wheel-tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron. ☞ This word is said, by some, to be derived from the…Trăm'-wāy, n. p. 1402A tram-road.Tra-nā'tion, n. p. 1402The act of swimming over. [Obs.]Trănçe, n. p. 1402The act of trancing or journeying over or across a country; a journey; especially, a tedious journey. [Obs.] 2. A state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the body into another state of…Trănce, v. t. p. 1402To pass over or across. [Rare.] “When thickest dark did trance the sky.” Tennyson. 2. To entrance. [Obs.] Hall.Trānçe, v. i. p. 1402To pass; to travel. [Obs.] Trance the world over, you shall never purse so much gold as when you were in England. Beau. & Fl.Trănced, a. p. 1402Lying in a trance. And there I left him tranced. Shak.Trăn'gram, n. p. 1402An odd thing intricately contrived. [Cant.] [Obs.] Arbuthnot.Trăn'nel, n. p. 1402A treenail. [Obs.] Moxon.Trăn'quil, a. p. 1402Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil. “A style clear, tranquil, easy to follow.” De Quincey.Trăn'quil-i-zā'tion or Trăn'quil-li-zā'tion, n. p. 1402The act of tranquilizing, or state of being tranquilized.Trăn'quil-ize or Trăn'quil-lize, v. t. p. 1402To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind. “The tranquilizing…Trăn'quil-īz'er or Trăn'quil-līz'er, n. p. 1402One who, or that which, tranquilizes. 2. Specifically, a kind of chair in which a raving maniac may be so fixed as to be motionless. It is used for the production of tranquillity, in a paroxysm of…Trăn'quil-īz'ing-ly or Trăn'quil-līz'ing-ly, adv. p. 1402So as to tranquilize.Tran-quil'li-ty, n. p. 1402The state or quality of being tranquil; a calm state; freedom from disturbance or agitation; quietness; as, the tranquillity of public affairs, of the state, of the world; the tranquillity of a…Trăn'quil-ly, adv. p. 1402In a tranquil manner; quietly; peacefully.Trăn'quil-ness, n. p. 1402The state or quality of being tranquil; quietness; peacefulness.Trăns. p. 1402A Latin preposition, used in English as a prefix, signifying over, beyond, through, on the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps. Hence, in a moral sense, it denotes a complete change; as…Trans-ăct', v. t. p. 1402To do; to perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; we transact business in person or by an agent.Trans-ăct', v. i. p. 1402To conduct matters; to treat; to manage.Trans-ăc'tion, n. p. 1402The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair. 2. That which is done; an affair; as, we are not to expect in history a minute detail of every transaction. 3. (Civil Law.) An…Trans-ăct'or, n. p. 1402One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. Derham.Trans-ălp'ine, a. p. 1402(Geog.) Lying or being beyond the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west of the Alps; as, Transalpine Gaul;—opposed to Cisalpine.Trans-ălp'ine, n. p. 1402(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of the country beyond the Alps.Trans-ăn'/i-māte, v. t. p. 1402To animate by the conveyance of a soul to, from another body. [Rare.] King.Trans-ăn/i-mā’tion, n. p. 1402Conveyance of the soul from one body to another; transmigration. [Rare.] The immortality of the soul they did not flatly deny, but falsely believed, disguised under the opinion of transanimation…Trāns'at-lăn'tic, a. p. 1402Lying or being beyond the Atlantic. ☛ When used by a person in Europe or Africa, transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe or Africa…Trans-cā'len-cy, n. p. 1402State of being transcalent.Trans-cā'lent, a. p. 1402Permitting the passage of heat.Tran-scēnd',, v. t. p. 1402To rise above; to surmount: as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. 2. To pass over; to go beyond. It is a dangerous opinion to such hopes as shall transcend their limits.…Tran-scĕnd', v. i. p. 1402To climb. [Obs.] Browne. 2. To be transcendent; to excel. [Rare.]Tran-scĕnd'ence or Tran-scĕnd'en-cy, n. p. 1402The state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence. 2. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs.]